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Finale - Boston

1 Columbus Avenue
Boston, MA 02116
617-423-3184

Finale - Boston restaurant information

The Finale concept was borne out of a Harvard Business School brainstorming session in 1996. Sophomore would-be entrepreneurs Paul Conforti and Kim Moore spent the next couple of years refining the idea before opening their upscale dessert-focused café near Boston’s Park Plaza hotel in 1998.

Now with four locations, Finale offers an intimate setting that has been called plush, romantic and perfect for a late-night bite after a show or an indulgent mid-afternoon break. You can also get lunch and dinner here, and there’s a full list of wines, beers, cordials and coffees. Those Harvard kids think of everything.

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Aïoli
1. noun A blend of ail (garlic) and oli (oil) in the parlance of the Provence region of southern France. Around here, we'd call it a garlic mayonnaise.
Brioche
1. noun A soft, yeasty French bread enriched with butter and eggs.
Florentine
1. noun A cookie of nougatine and candied fruit brushed with a layer of chocolate.
Jus
1. noun French for juice, jus also refers to the unthickened juices from a piece of roasted meat.
Mascarpone
1. noun Ultra-rich, soft cheese known best for its role in tiramisu.
Pancetta
1. noun Cured Italian bacon.
Praline
1. noun A sweet made of almonds and sugar invented for the French Comte du Plessis-Praslin by his cook in the 1600s.
Ragu
1. noun Tomato and meat sauce from Bologna.
Shiitake
1. noun Bold and meaty, these are called "black mushrooms" on Chinese menus.